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retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- src/usr.bin/file/Attic/README	1996/06/26 05:32:53	1.2
+++ src/usr.bin/file/Attic/README	2006/07/18 15:08:27	1.3
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-@(#) $OpenBSD: README,v 1.2 1996/06/26 05:32:53 deraadt Exp $
+@(#) $OpenBSD: README,v 1.3 2006/07/18 15:08:27 ian Exp $
 ** README for file(1) Command **
 
-This is Release 3.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)
-file(1) command.  Release 3.x is scheduled for inclusion in the
-4.4 BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) of UNIX-like
-software, and is the standard "file" command for Linux, 386bsd,
-and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number).
+This is Release 4.x of Ian Darwin's (copyright but distributable)
+file(1) command. This version is the standard "file" command for Linux,
+*BSD, and other systems. (See "patchlevel.h" for the exact release number).
 
+The major feature of 4.x is the refactoring of the code into a library,
+and the re-write of the file command in terms of that library. The library
+itself, libmagic can be used by 3rd party programs that wish to identify
+file types without having to fork() and exec() file. The prime contributor
+for 4.0 was M\xe5ns Rullg\xe5rd.
+
 UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories.
 
 The prime contributor to Release 3.8 was Guy Harris, who put in megachanges
-including byte-order independance.
+including byte-order independence.
 
 The prime contributor to Release 3.0 was Christos Zoulas, who put
 in hundreds of lines of source code changes, including his own
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@
 for easier(?) maintenance.  I will act as a clearinghouse for
 magic numbers assigned to all sorts of data files that
 are in reasonable circulation. Send your magic numbers,
-in magic(4) format please, to the maintainer, Christos Zoulas.
+in magic(5) format please, to the maintainer, Christos Zoulas.
 
 LEGAL.NOTICE - read this first.
 README - read this second (you are currently reading this file).
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@
 	the man page layouts), type "make" to compile, 
 	"make try" to try it out against your old version.
 	Expect some diffs, particularly since your original
-	file(1) may not grok the imbedded-space ("\ ") in
+	file(1) may not grok the embedded-space ("\ ") in
 	the current magic file, or may even not use the
 	magic file.
 apprentice.c - parses /etc/magic to learn magic
@@ -58,22 +62,36 @@
 file.c - main program
 file.h - header file
 fsmagic.c - first set of tests the program runs, based on filesystem info
-is_tar.c - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore).
+is_tar.c, tar.h - knows about tarchives (courtesy John Gilmore).
 magdir - directory of /etc/magic pieces
 	magdir/Makefile - ADJUST THIS FOR YOUR CONFIGURATION
 names.h - header file for ascmagic.c
 softmagic.c - 2nd set of tests, based on /etc/magic
-strtok.c, getopt.c - in case you them (courtesy of Henry Spencer).
-strtol.c, strchr.c - in case you need them - public domain.
-tst - simple test suite, built from tst/Makefile
+readelf.[ch] - Stand-alone elf parsing code.
+compress.c - on-the-fly decompression.
+print.c - print results, errors, warnings.
 
+If your gzip sometimes fails to decompress things complaining about a short
+file, apply this patch [which is going to be in the next version of gzip]:
+*** -   Tue Oct 29 02:06:35 1996
+--- util.c      Sun Jul 21 21:51:38 1996
+*** 106,111 ****
+--- 108,114 ----
+  
+      if (insize == 0) {
+        if (eof_ok) return EOF;
++       flush_window();
+        read_error();
+      }
+      bytes_in += (ulg)insize;
 
-E-mail: christos@deshaw.com, moraes@deshaw.com
+E-mail: christos@astron.com
 
 Phone: Do not even think of telephoning me about this program. Send cash first!
 
-Parts of this software were developed at SoftQuad Inc., 56 Aberfoyle
-Cres, # 810, Toronto, Ontario CANADA M8X 2W4.  Phone: 416-239-4801 or
-800-387-2777. Email: mail@sq.com.  Call for information on SGML editing
-and browsing, Unix text processing, and customised products on Unix,
-DOS and Mac.
+Parts of this software were developed at the University of Toronto Computing Services
+and at SoftQuad Inc., developers of SGML/HTML/XML publishing software, in Toronto, Canada.
+SoftQuad was swallowed up by Corel in 2002 and does not exist any longer.
+
+Kees Zeelenberg reports that an MS-Windows (Win32) port of file(1)
+is available from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/